Transport Planner
- corringham, essex, SS17, United Kingdom
- Permanent·On-site
- Full time
Job Description
Transport Planner – Container Transport Experience, qualification, and soft skills, have you got everything required to succeed in this opportunity Find out below. Location: Stanford-Le-Hope, Essex Salary: £35,000 - £37,875 per annum Job Type: Full-time, Permanent Schedule: Monday–Friday | 45 hours per week
About the Role
We are recruiting for an experienced Transport Planner to join a leading intermodal freight, container transport and logistics business based in Stanford-Le-Hope. This role will focus on the planning and coordination of container transport movements, ensuring vehicles are utilised effectively and customer requirements are met across the UK. The successful candidate will work closely with planners, transport teams, subcontractors and other UK depots to deliver an efficient and cost-effective container haulage operation. Transport Planner – Responsibilities
- Produce daily transport plans based on customer orders and operational requirements
- Plan and coordinate container vehicle movements and routes
- Maximise vehicle utilisation and transport efficiency
- Resource and coordinate subcontractor hauliers
- Negotiate and manage subcontractor rates
- Monitor transport requirements and adjust plans where necessary
- Attend daily planning and transport review meetings
- Maintain excellent customer service and delivery performance
- Work closely with other UK depots and transport planning teams
- Support the wider container haulage and intermodal freight operation
- Participate in a weekend on-call rota, providing minimal remote support from home when required Transport Planner – Requirements
- Minimum 3 years' experience in Transport Planning within container transport/haulage, intermodal freight, freight forwarding or logistics
- Experience coordinating subcontractors
- Experience using TOPS
- Flexibility to participate xwwtmva in a weekend on-call rota when required Salary & Benefits
- £35,000 - £37,875 per annum
- Annual salary reviews
- Monday–Friday | 45 hours per week
- 25 days holiday + 8 Bank Holidays
- Competitive company pension scheme
- Enhanced family leave
- Paid compassionate leave and emergency dependant leave
- Life insurance
- Health & wellbeing platform
- Long-service recognition and employee award schemes
- Learning and development opportunities
- Leadership and management pathways
- Employee discount portal...